diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index 28d0ac50e3..111a21f039 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FIRMWARE_IMX),firmware-imx) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_WIRELESS_REGDB),wireless-regdb)
 
-# Starting with 4.16, the generated kconfig paser code is no longer
+# Starting with 4.16, the generated kconfig parser code is no longer
 # shipped with the kernel sources, so we need flex and bison, but
 # only if the host does not have them.
 LINUX_KCONFIG_DEPENDENCIES = \